10 Reasons Disney Needs To Make Solo 2 Happen
2. Solo's Character Arc Didn't Seem Complete
In A New Hope, Han Solo is introduced as a self-centred, arrogant and cynical smuggler, somebody who isn't afraid to shoot first to get him out of a tight spot.
In Solo: A Star Wars Story, the titular character brims with optimism, even when he's in the middle of a battlefield. Despite some surface reservations, he seems to already be concerned about the greater good, often putting others (Enfys Nest and the Cloud Riders) before himself -- much more so than his character in the original Star Wars would suggest.
While Solo's selfless streak doesn't so much undermine his sudden switch to help the Rebellion in A New Hope as show that his self-interest is just a front, there is still a big remove between the bright-eyed Han of Solo and the malcontent smuggler Obi-Wan and Luke meet in a seedy Mos Eisley cantina.
Sure, there's a good decade between the two films, but it's very unusual for a protagonist to not change throughout the course of a movie. Fans can infer that Han became cynical while working for Jabba's crime syndicate, or grew disgruntled after being double-crossed by his old girlfriend Kira.
While it's fun to speculate about these things, Solo should really been about what made Han into the man he would become, and its absolutely vital that its sequel actively shows Han change. He was still positive at the end of Solo; what finally pushed him over the edge?